Area Studies at St Olaf College

Every area studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the area studies program at St Olaf College stacks up to those at other schools.

St. Olaf is located in Northfield, Minnesota and approximately 2,953 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 28 students received a bachelor's degree in area studies from St. Olaf.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Area Studies section at the bottom of this page.

St. Olaf Area Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Area Studies

St. Olaf Area Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the area studies progam at St. Olaf compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The area studies major at St. Olaf is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Area Studies. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Most Focused Area Studies Schools	20
Most Popular Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Most Popular Area Studies Schools	61
Best Value Area Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	63
Best Value Area Studies Schools	73
	75

Earnings of St. Olaf Area Studies Graduates

The median salary of area studies students who receive their bachelor's degree at St. Olaf is $25,650. This is less than $30,421, which is the national average of all area studies majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Area Studies Student Demographics at St. Olaf

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the area studies majors at St Olaf College.

St. Olaf Area Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 28 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Area Studies from St. Olaf in 2020-2021, 36% were men and 64% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in area studies at St. Olaf are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from St Olaf College with a bachelor's in area studies.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	19
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

St. Olaf also has a doctoral program available in area studies. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Ethnic Studies

Careers That Area Studies Grads May Go Into

A degree in area studies can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MN, the home state for St Olaf College.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Area, Ethnic, and Cultural Studies Professors	260	$86,000

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daniel Edwins a.k.a. Webmoof of English Wikipedia under License

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